Cheekface kick off 2021 with the release of their second album, ‘Emphatically No’. The Los Angeles trio – made up of Greg Katz, Amanda Tannen and Mark ‘Echo’ Edwards – are renowned for their wry, witty and observational lyrics and throughout this album, they offer up opinions on mental health, fascist governments and political hypocrisy.…
It’s been a tough year, but so many of us were kept going by the phenomenal amount of music released over the past 12 months. We won’t claim any of these to be the ‘best’ – music is not a competition, especially in 2020 – but the following were all on constant rotation at Spectral…
You don’t need us to tell you how much brilliant music has been released over the past 12 months to make things a little more bearable. Here are five of our favourites… Martha Hill – ‘Summer Up North’ (EP) Recorded entirely in lockdown, Summer Up North found Martha examining her mental health struggles, past actions…
It’s been such a strange year and in the spirit of togetherness and community, we’re going to be counting down to Christmas by sharing a selection of our – and our friends’ – favourite festive songs. Today, we’ve chosen Manic Street Preachers’ take on ‘Last Christmas’. We all know Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ is the great…
It’s been such a strange year and in the spirit of togetherness and community, we’re going to be counting down to Christmas by sharing a selection of our – and our friends’ – favourite festive songs. Today, our friend Matt Phelps has picked ‘It’s Christmas So We’ll Stop’ by Frightened Rabbit. “It’s Christmas so we’ll…
It’s been such a strange year and in the spirit of togetherness and community, we’re going to be counting down to Christmas by sharing a selection of our – and our friends’ – favourite festive songs. Today, we’ve chosen ‘It’s Not Christmas Till Somebody Cries’ by Carly Rae Jepsen. We all know Carly Rae Jepsen…
It’s been such a strange year and in the spirit of togetherness and community, we’re going to be counting down to Christmas by sharing a selection of our – and our friends’ – favourite festive songs. Today, we’ve chosen ‘Make You Mine This Season’ by Tegan and Sara. Featuring on the soundtrack to the queer…
t’s been such a strange year and in the spirit of togetherness and community, we’re going to be counting down to Christmas by sharing a selection of our – and our friends’ – favourite festive songs. Today, we’ve chosen ‘Christmas (All Year Long)’ by The Cribs. It’s another addition to the festive cannon of songs…
It’s been such a strange year and in the spirit of togetherness and community, we’re going to be counting down to Christmas by sharing a selection of our – and our friends’ – favourite festive songs. Today, Dream Nails’ bass player Mimi Jasson talks about festive memories and highlights the important message in the band’s…
It’s been such a strange year and in the spirit of togetherness and community, we’re going to be counting down to Christmas by sharing a selection of our – and our friends’ – favourite festive songs. Today, we’ve chosen ‘Cold White Christmas’ by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. If you’ve been reading the site over…
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